Children at a Vatican charity give Pope Francis a birthday cake

Pope Francis blows the candle of a birthday cake offered to him during an audience for children and families of the Santa Marta dispensary on December 16, 2018 at the Vatican. – Pope Francis turns 82 on December 17, 2018. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

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VATICAN CITY — Children who frequent a Vatican pediatric dispensary have given Pope Francis a birthday cake, a day before he turns 82.

Francis joked with them Sunday, saying he hoped “such a big cake doesn’t give indigestion” and blew out a candle atop the treat decorated in the Vatican’s yellow-and-white official colors.

He said children are good at teaching grown-ups to be humble, to better understand life and people.